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Cicada Killer?
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08/01/15 01:22 AM
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Saw this guy buzzing around and there was a thread asking about a description that this fits. Is that what it is? It would hump up and down when I got close to take a picture but didn't fly away. He didn't bother me while I was working so I left him alone after taking his picture.
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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#5857761
08/01/15 01:32 AM
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JCB
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Yep its a Cicada Killer. You don't see them land very often unless its near their burrow.
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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08/01/15 01:34 AM
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mikei
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That's it! Never had one cause me or the family any problems, but they do sometimes act very aggressively, and they love boring some very nice holes between the sandstone rocks in my patio!
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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#5858087
08/01/15 05:11 AM
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dogcatcher
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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#5858138
08/01/15 11:31 AM
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Western
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I have been stung by one, worst pain a critter ever gave me, including broken arm from a horse when I was 6. They are a mofo if they get you....
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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08/01/15 01:29 PM
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Ramsey
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Big Beckett!!
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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08/01/15 04:00 PM
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passthru
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Saw one on the back of a Cicada the other day as it was crawling fast up the tree.
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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#5858598
08/01/15 07:43 PM
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Stub
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Bad Mo Da Fo right there
“I never forget a face—but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception.” —Groucho Marx
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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#5858906
08/01/15 11:48 PM
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GOLDSTEIN
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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#5859129
08/02/15 02:46 AM
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Nogalus Prairie
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Cool photo! Here's what I always assumed was a CK in action. Looks different than that. I am no expert. All I know is this insect was indeed killing a cicada.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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#5860143
08/02/15 11:38 PM
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texas_sooner
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That first pic is a scary looking mf!!
"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." William Munny "What's right is right." Billy Batts
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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08/03/15 02:56 AM
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Looks like a Horse Fly Cool photo! Here's what I always assumed was a CK in action. Looks different than that. I am no expert. All I know is this insect was indeed killing a cicada.
I'd ask him if he's pregnant. He missed a s__tload of periods. I'll take "things that look like a uterus" for $200 Alex.
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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08/03/15 12:46 PM
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8pointdrop
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Looks like a Horse Fly Cool photo! Here's what I always assumed was a CK in action. Looks different than that. I am no expert. All I know is this insect was indeed killing a cicada. Robber Fly
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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08/12/15 02:21 AM
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Navajo76
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Re: Cicada Killer?
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08/12/15 03:29 PM
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Hunt Dog
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I have been stung by one, worst pain a critter ever gave me, including broken arm from a horse when I was 6. They are a mofo if they get you.... You are the only person I can ever recall being stung by one. Growing up they were all over the holly hedges around my parents house. Mean l;ookng for sure.
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Re: Cicada Killer?
[Re: Western]
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08/12/15 03:50 PM
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skinnerback
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I have been stung by one, worst pain a critter ever gave me, including broken arm from a horse when I was 6. They are a mofo if they get you.... You sure it wasn't a bumble bee that got you?
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